Gun-cleaning device



J. H. CUMPSTON.

GUN CLEANING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-14,1921. 1,427,582, Patented Aug. 29, 1922,

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GUN-CLEANING nnvron.

Application filed December 14, 1921. Serial No. 522,274.

To a whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JAMES HENRY CUMP- s'roN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Gun-Cleaning Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in gun cleaning devices, particularly to a de vice for cleaning rifles.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved means for retaining a cleaning rag in unwrinkled position upon the end of a ramrod, and to provide improved means for tightly wrapping the rag around the rod.

A still further object is to provide means for preventing the rag from slipping off the rod before the same is inserted in the barrel of a rifle, and to provide a cleaning device which will be simple and practical in construction, efficient in use, and which can be manufactured with comparative economy.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a view in section through the breech end of a rifle barrel showing the manner of use of my improved cleaning ap paratus;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the cleanin apparatus;

*igure 3 is a perspective view of the tip; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view upon the line t4 of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, I have used the reference numeral 1 to designate a ramrod having in one end a screw threaded recess or pocket 2. A detachable tip, indicated at 3, is formed at one end with a re duced threaded nipple or extension 4, which may be screwed into the pocket to firmly attach the tip to the rod. It will be noted that this tip at its free end is longitudinally slit, as indicated at 5, and is externally threaded, as shown at 6, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. That portion of the tip between the slit 5 and the nipple 4 is milled, knurled, or otherwise treated to provide a roughened surface 7 which facilitates the manual turning of the tip. The slit 5 in the end 'of the tip is adapted to serve as an anchorage for one end of a cleaning rag. indicated at 8, which may be wrapped around the tip, as seen most clearly in Figure l, the threaded portion 6 of the tip biting into the soft cloth of the rag and firmly holding the same against wrinkling, or slipping on tip.

It has been previously stated that two objects of the invention were to provide improved means for facilitating the wrapping of the rag tightly around the tip and to provide means for preventing the accidental dislodging of the rag. These objects are accomplished by the use of a cylindrical sleeve 9 which is longitudinally slit or split, as indicated at 10. The sleeve is externally tapered at one end, the tapered portion being indicated by the reference numeral 11 and a pluraltiy of longitudinal groves 12 in the outer face of the sleeve facilitate its manual turning or holding.

The manner of use of the apparatus is as follows: The tip 3 is first connected to the ramrod 1 by screwing the nipple 4: into the pocket 2. The cleaning rag 8 then has one end passed through the slot 5 in the tip and wrapped once or twice around the tip. The sleeve 9 is then slipped over the tip, the unwrapped portion of the'rag passing edgewise through the slit 10 in the sleeve 9, as seen in Figures 2 and at. In order to finish the wrapping of the rag 8, the sleeve 12 may be held while the ramrod is turned or the tip 4 may be held while the sleeve is turned, this turning of the sleeve insuring the tight wrapping of the rag about the tip.

In using the cleaning apparatus, the sleeve and tip are inserted in the cartridge chamber 13 of a rifle barrel 14, the sleeve and tip entering the chamber until the tapered end of the sleeve abuts against the tapered shoulder 15 at the forward end of the cartridge chamber and holds the sleeve against further movement. Further pushing of the ramrod will then force the tip into the barrel of the gun with the rag wrapped tightly about the same. It is of course to be understood that the rag is treated with any suitable grease or cleaning material for cleaning the barrel of the gun.

Although I have illustrated one of the preferred embodiments of my invention, it will be apparent that various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of? the parts described Without departing from the invention, and hence I do not Wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make such sli ht changes and alterations as fairly fall hin the spirit and scope of the appended claims,

in closing it might be Well to note that while I have shown the cleaning device in operation at the breech end of a rifle, the device might be used equally well When inserting the ramrod through the muzzle of the gun.

I claim:

1. A. gun cleaning device, including a rod threaded and longitudinally split adjacent its tip, whereby to facilitate the anchoring of a cloth patch, means facilitating the Winding of a patch around said rod, and said means including a split sleeve of greater internal diameter than the external diameter of the rod.

2. In a gun cleaning apparatus, a detachable tip for ramrods having a longitudinal slit therein extending from one end of the tip throughout the major part of its length, a cleaning patch anchored in the slit, a split sleeve around the tip, the split in the sleeve receiving the free end of said patch, and means facilitating the manual turning of the sleeve and tip to effect Winding of the patch about the tin.

3. In a gun cleaning apparatus, a detachable tip for ramrods having a longitudinal slit therein extending from one end of the tip throughout the major part 01": its length, a cleaning patch anchored in the slit, a split sleeve around the tip, the split in the sleeve receiving the free end of said patch, and means facilitating the manual turning of the sleeve and tip to effect Winding of the patch about the tip, said means including an exterior roughened surface on the tip, said sleeve having longitudinal grooves in its outer face.

l. A gun cleaning device comprising a member longitudinally split and externally threaded throughout the major portion of its length ,to facilitate the anchoring of a cleaning patch Wrapped thereabout, and a split Wrapping sleeve of greater internal diameter than the external diameter of said member adapted to hold a patch in position prior to the insertion of the member into a rifle barrel.

A gun cleaning device comprising a member longitudinally split and externally threaded throughout the major portion of its length to facilitate the anchoring of a cleaning patch Wrapped thereabout, and a split Wrapping sleeve of greater internal diameter than the external diameter of said member adapted to hold a patch in position prior to the insertion of the member into a rifle barrel, and manually operable means for actuating the member.

JAMES HENRY CUMPSTON. 

